This innovative book examines the changing relationship between communities, citizens and the notion of the archive.Archives have traditionally been understood as repositories of knowledge and experience, remote from the ordinary people who fund and populate them, however digital resources have led to a growing plurality of archives and the practices associated with collecting and curating. This book uses a broad range of case studies which place communities at the heart of this ex...

Gray Love narrates stories about the most common themes – searching for and (perhaps) finding love. Forty-five men and women between ages 60 and 94 from diverse backgrounds talk about dating, starting or ending a relationship, embracing life alone or enjoying a partnered one. The longing for connection as old age encroaches is palpable here, with more and more senior singles searching online. Those who find new partners explore issues that most relationships encounter at any age, ...

Forty-one enthralling stories from the most talented new science fiction, fantasy, and horror writers.MetaStellar is an online publication focusing on science fiction, fantasy, and horror launched in September 2020, founded by a dozen speculative fiction writers, editors, and artists from around the world.Since then, it's published hundreds of short stories by hundreds of writers, both original fiction, reprints, and excerpts. The proceeds from this antholo...

Featuring a new foreword by Bram Stoker award-nominated author Tony Tremblay and cover art by Dan Brereton.Three hundred years ago, she fell victim to the fear and wrath of those who dwelled in Serenity Falls. Her body was devoured in flames. But her curse upon the town lived on…The hamlet of Serenity Falls is dying. Businesses have evacuated. Tourism has vanished. And good will among neighbors is long gone. Historian Simon MacGruder has taken it upon himse...

It began with a centuries-old curse, writ in blood. It gave way to the hellish fury of the pack. Now, as night descends on Serenity Falls, the fun really begins...A widow is tortured to death—by the husband she killed. A collection of curious dolls has been discovered with a terrifying secret carved in each. And then, with a whistle that screams like Hell, the circus arrives in town to raise a ruckus.But the Carnival of the Fantastic is raising more than that. It’s raising ...

It began with a centuries-old curse, writ in blood. It gave way to the hellish fury of the pack. Now, as night descends on Serenity Falls, the fun really begins...A widow is tortured to death—by the husband she killed. A collection of curious dolls has been discovered with a terrifying secret carved in each. And then, with a whistle that screams like Hell, the circus arrives in town to raise a ruckus.But the Carnival of the Fantastic is raising more than that. It's raising ...

Welcome to Cherry Hill. Attendance is mandatory.The Cherry Hill Sanitarium isn’t a friendly place. The inmates are among the most mentally deranged and dangerous minds known to the world. It’s the sort of place that sane people would do well to avoid, if they value their lives.John Doe is not a normal man. He can’t remember his name, nor much of his past. He’s almost certain he’s been dead for a while, and that the asylum that has become his residence is ha...

Welcome to Cherry Hill. Attendance is mandatory.The Cherry Hill Sanitarium isn't a friendly place. The inmates are among the most mentally deranged and dangerous minds known to the world. It's the sort of place that sane people would do well to avoid, if they value their lives.John Doe is not a normal man. He can't remember his name, nor much of his past. He's almost certain he's been dead for a while, and that the asylum that has become his residence is ha...

Jonathan Crowley is having a bad time of it.He's too busy for anyone's good, dealing with calls from beyond the grave, demons that refuse to stay dead, the very creature that murdered his wife and children, and a few spirits that have unfinished business with the Hunter.The past comes back to haunt the man who gives monsters their nightmares in a series of encounters that deal with Crowley's past losses and even his occasional victories, but any way you look at it, Jonathan...

They survived the nightmare at Carson’s Point, but Jonathan Crowley, the Hunter, and his new associate, Lucas Slate, have only just begun their trek through the weird, wild west.All Crowley wants is to retire and catalog the creatures he’s never before encountered in the Americas. All Lucas Slate wants is to understand what is happening to his body and mind, and why there is an endlessly changing song echoing through his head that will not leave him in peace. Dark Gods, Ghosts, Wer...

Jonathan Crowley is having a bad time of it.He’s too busy for anyone’s good, dealing with calls from beyond the grave, demons that refuse to stay dead, the very creature that murdered his wife and children, and a few spirits that have unfinished business with the Hunter.The past comes back to haunt the man who gives monsters their nightmares in a series of encounters that deal with Crowley’s past losses and even his occasional victories, but any way you look at it, Jonathan...

"An enigmatic woman comes between a toxicologist and a murderer in this hypnotic and disturbing thriller" set in the shadowy fog of San Francisco ( Guardian, UK).Caleb Maddox is a San Francisco toxicologist studying the chemical effects of pain. He's out drinking after a bad breakup when a hauntingly seductive woman sits down beside him. He talks to Emmeline over absinthe, but their encounter is fleeting. She brushes her lips on his ear and disappears. He ...